Rockford pedestrian struck by car faces life-threatening injuries

Police are looking for a black 2000 Chrysler 300M that, witnesses say, struck a 33-year-old pedestrian and fled from the scene Wednesday night.

Staff reports

Police are looking for a black 2000 Chrysler 300M that, witnesses say, struck a 33-year-old pedestrian and fled from the scene Wednesday night.

The victim's name has not been released. The man's friends told police they saw him sometime before 8:30 p.m. walking in the street in the 900 block of Eighth Avenue, when he was struck by a four-door sedan heading west, police said.

The vehicle then took off, continuing westbound on Eighth Avenue.

Friends took the man to SwedishAmerican Hospital, where he is being treated for life-threatening head injuries this morning.

Police detectives and doctors at SwedishAmerican were questioning Wednesday night how the man suffered his injuries. Police searched the area of Eighth Avenue and Fifth Street but failed to find any evidence of an accident.

Officials said four people were taken to the downtown Public Safety Building late Wednesday for questioning.

No arrests have been made, but the investigation continues.

Anyone with information on the hit-and-run is asked to call Rockford police at 815-987-5824.